C J Hoebe

Summary

Affiliation: South Limburg Public Health Service

Country: The Netherlands

Publications

Population prevalence of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae in the Netherlands. Should asymptomatic persons be tested during population-based Chlamydia screening also for gonorrhoea or only if chlamydial infection is found?

Acceptability of self-taken vaginal swabs and first-catch urine samples for the diagnosis of urogenital Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae with an amplified DNA assay in young women attending a public health sexually transmitted disease clini

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Population prevalence of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae in the Netherlands. Should asymptomatic persons be tested during population-based Chlamydia screening also for gonorrhoea or only if chlamydial infection is found?

..Screening and active case finding for Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) is recommended to prevent reproductive morbidity. However insight in community prevalence of gonococcal infections and co-infections with Neisseria gonorrhoea (NG) is lacking...

Acceptability of self-taken vaginal swabs and first-catch urine samples for the diagnosis of urogenital Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae with an amplified DNA assay in young women attending a public health sexually transmitted disease clini

..Until now, swingers--that is, heterosexual couples who are practising mate swapping, group sex, visit sex clubs for couples, are not considered as a specific risk group for STI in healthcare services and prevention...

Lessons learned from a population-based chlamydia screening pilot

Hannelore M GötzDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Municipal Public Health Service, Rotterdam The National Institute for STD and AIDS Control in the Netherlands, The NetherlandsInt J STD AIDS 17:826-30. 2006

..Sending urine by mail does not impair diagnostics. Reminders are necessary and effective after four weeks. Necessary parental consent for under 16-year olds should not be a deterrent to offer Ct screening to this age group...

High and persistent excretion of hepatitis A virus in immunocompetent patients

..The objective of this study was to study the acceptability and consequences of home-based chlamydia (CT) screening by Municipal Health Services (MHS) among 15- to 29-year-old participants...

Underreporting of meningococcal disease incidence in the Netherlands: results from a capture-recapture analysis based on three registration sources with correction for false positive diagnoses

Sabine C de GreeffCentre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The NetherlandsEur J Epidemiol 21:315-21. 2006

..This makes a more accurate monitoring of disease incidence possible and hence attributes to a more reliable foundation for the design and evaluation of health interventions such as vaccination programs...

Association of histo-blood group antigens and susceptibility to norovirus infections

Barry H G RockxDiagnostic Laboratory for Infectious Diseases and Perinatal Screening, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The NetherlandsJ Infect Dis 191:749-54. 2005

..Recent studies have identified histo-blood group antigens (HBGAs) as possible receptors. Being a nonsecretor and presence of HBGA type B were associated with protection against infection with NV, a genogroup (GG) I NoV...

Reinfections, persistent infections, and new infections after general population screening for Chlamydia trachomatis infection in the Netherlands

..The objectives of this study were to determine the rate of new infections and reinfections or persistent infections with Chlamydia trachomatis to define appropriate screening intervals and to identify risk factors for reinfection...